Official UK procurement notice
Hope School Relocation Main Works
Authority: Wigan Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWigan Council are seeking to procure the main construction works for the relocation of Hope School and College to the Central Park Site, Montrose Avenue, Wigan. The school is a SEND school for severe learning difficulties and profound and complex physical/medical needs and has a catchment area of the whole of the borough.
The main build will comprise of 2 new state of the art SEND buildings, one including 13 primary school age classrooms, alongside hydrotherapy pool, kitchen, rebound room, and reception offices (GIFA 2387m2) and a secondary school building with 10 secondary school classrooms, with dining hall, reheat kitchen, and seven specialist resource rooms - art room, food tech, ICT etc (GIFA 1586m2). A third block is to be created utilising an existing 2 storey building to form the main administration facility for the school and the area for the most complex needs pupils (GIFA 1455m2). Externals include car park with drop off area, playgrounds and soft landscaping.
- How the procedure runs: Wigan Council are procuring this contract using a two-stage ‘Restricted Tender’ process under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. A full description of the process to be followed is contained within the Invitation to Participate documentation. In brief, the process to be followed is as follows: Stage 1 - Invitation to Participate - will consist of a supplier suitability assessment of responses to a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) which will include the Common Assessment Standard (CAS). This stage will also involve bidders responding to a series of supplementary questions which will take the form of a scored assessment. It is intended to invite the top 5 scoring bids at Stage 1 – Invitation to Participate of this Competitive Flexible Procedure to submit a tender at Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender. Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender - at this stage the shortlisted bidders will be asked to provide a final tender bid for the project. This will consist of a fixed-price tender for this project as well as responses to Quality and Social Value questions. Both Price and Quality/Social Value elements will be assessed in line with the Invitation to Tender Award Criteria. The intention of this stage is to identify the supplier submitting the most advantageous tender to whom an intended award of contract will be made.
CPV: Construction work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£18,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
The bidder, and their Associated Persons identified for this contract, must provide responses to a series of Mandatory and Discretionary Exclusion questions as part of their core supplier information on Find a Tender (Central Digital Platform), and the bidder must respond to Corporate and Professional Standing questions in Section 3 of the Common Assessment Standard. Responses will be assessed in line with the supplier suitability assessment detailed in the Invitation to Participate documentation.
The Authority will carry out a review of a bidder's financial stability and risk following a review of financial information submitted. This may include a review of financial risk reports obtained independently by Wigan Council from providers such as Equifax, Dun and Bradstreet, Company Watch etc. which confirm this position.
The bidder must have a minimum annual turnover of £35million.
The bidder must confirm whether they are relying on another supplier to act as a guarantor and, if so, provide evidence of their economic and financial standing, which will be subject to a financial assessment of financial stability and risk.
The bidder must commit to obtain a Parent Company Guarantee (in the event of a contractor having a parent company) and a Performance Bond or guarantee from a bank or other approved surety.
The bidder must hold, or commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover as follows: Public Liability insurance – a minimum of £10million is required in respect of each and every claim, unlimited in any one year; Employers Liability insurance – a minimum of £5million is required in respect of each and every claim, unlimited in any one year; Professional Indemnity insurance – a minimum of £5million in respect of any one claim covering all employees; Works insurance - £10million in respect of each and every event and not in the aggregate.
Bidders which are classed as a relevant commercial organisation as defined by section 54 ("Transparency in supply chains etc") of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ("the Act") need to be compliant with the annual reporting requirements contained within Section 54 of the Act 2015.
- Technical & professional ability
The bidder must have experience of constructing educational buildings, including SEND buildings, within the last 5 years.
Where the bidder is to sub-contract a proportion of the contract, evidence is required to demonstrate maintenance of a healthy supply chain with subcontractors and the procedures used to ensure performance of the contract.
The bidder will be required to hold the following organisational qualifications or standards: Considerate Constructors Scheme.
The bidder will be required to complete/evidence/certify against the 'Common Assessment Standard' question set in line with the assessment methodology detailed in the Invitation to Participate documentation.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Stage 1 - Invitation to Participate - will consist of a supplier suitability assessment, assessed on a Pass/Fail basis, of responses to a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) which will include the Common Assessment Standard (CAS).
This stage will also involve bidders responding to a series of supplementary questions which will take the form of a scored assessment. The scored supplementary questions include Experience (60%, consisting of 3 case study responses with each case study worth 20% of the scoring), Minimising Disruption (30%) and Local Economy (10%).
It is intended to invite the top 5 scoring bids at Stage 1 – Invitation to Participate of this Competitive Flexible Procedure to submit a tender at Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality/Social Value: 40%
- Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality/Social Value: Quality/Social Value.
- Economic & financial standing
The bidder, and their Associated Persons identified for this contract, must provide responses to a series of Mandatory and Discretionary Exclusion questions as part of their core supplier information on Find a Tender (Central Digital Platform), and the bidder must respond to Corporate and Professional Standing questions in Section 3 of the Common Assessment Standard. Responses will be assessed in line with the supplier suitability assessment detailed in the Invitation to Participate documentation.
The Authority will carry out a review of a bidder's financial stability and risk following a review of financial information submitted. This may include a review of financial risk reports obtained independently by Wigan Council from providers such as Equifax, Dun and Bradstreet, Company Watch etc. which confirm this position.
The bidder must have a minimum annual turnover of £35million.
The bidder must confirm whether they are relying on another supplier to act as a guarantor and, if so, provide evidence of their economic and financial standing, which will be subject to a financial assessment of financial stability and risk.
The bidder must commit to obtain a Parent Company Guarantee (in the event of a contractor having a parent company) and a Performance Bond or guarantee from a bank or other approved surety.
The bidder must hold, or commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover as follows: Public Liability insurance – a minimum of £10milli…
- Technical & professional ability
The bidder must have experience of constructing educational buildings, including SEND buildings, within the last 5 years.
Where the bidder is to sub-contract a proportion of the contract, evidence is required to demonstrate maintenance of a healthy supply chain with subcontractors and the procedures used to ensure performance of the contract.
The bidder will be required to hold the following organisational qualifications or standards: Considerate Constructors Scheme.
The bidder will be required to complete/evidence/certify against the 'Common Assessment Standard' question set in line with the assessment methodology detailed in the Invitation to Participate documentation.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Stage 1 - Invitation to Participate - will consist of a supplier suitability assessment, assessed on a Pass/Fail basis, of responses to a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) which will include the Common Assessment Standard (CAS).
This stage will also involve bidders responding to a series of supplementary questions which will take the form of a scored assessment. The scored supplementary questions include Experience (60%, consisting of 3 case study responses with each case study worth 20% of the scoring), Minimising Disruption (30%) and Local Economy (10%).
It is intended to invite the top 5 scoring bids at Stage 1 – Invitation to Participate of this Competitive Flexible Procedure to submit a tender at Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender.
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2025, 12:30 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Sept 2026, 12:30 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
DN788642- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056884- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056700Find a Tender
- How it runs
Wigan Council are procuring this contract using a two-stage ‘Restricted Tender’ process under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. A full description of the process to be followed is contained within the Invitation to Participate documentation. In brief, the process to be followed is as follows:
Stage 1 - Invitation to Participate - will consist of a supplier suitability assessment of responses to a Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) which will include the Common Assessment Standard (CAS). This stage will also involve bidders responding to a series of supplementary questions which will take the form of a scored assessment. It is intended to invite the top 5 scoring bids at Stage 1 – Invitation to Participate of this Competitive Flexible Procedure to submit a tender at Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender.
Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender - at this stage the shortlisted bidders will be asked to provide a final tender bid for the project. This will consist of a fixed-price tender for this project as well as responses to Quality and Social Value questions. Both Price and Quality/Social Value elements will be assessed in line with the Invitation to Tender Award Criteria. The intention of this stage is to identify the supplier submitting the most advantageous tender to whom an intended award of contract will be made.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Jul 2025 → 7 Sept 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published28 Jul 2025, 12:30 BST
- Market engagement15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
The deadline to respond to this Preliminary Market Engagement consultation is Friday 15th August at 17:00.
Those interested in responding should submit their consultation response via The Chest procurement portal at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗ (reference number DN785130).
As detailed in the Preliminary Market Engagement consultation document, the Authority reserves the right to contact respondents (which may be some but not all) in order to follow up on views submitted.
- Next notice expected20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published399 days ago16 Sept 2025, 11:37 BST
- Clarification questions by375 days ago10 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline368 days ago17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by245 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts218 days ago16 Mar 2026
- Assessment summaries sent99 days ago13 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends88 days ago23 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published43 days ago7 Sept 2026, 12:30 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025- Pipeline notice published28 Jul 2025, 12:30 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Aug 2025, 15:07 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £18,000,0001 Aug 2025, 15:07 BST
- Tender notice published16 Sept 2025, 11:37 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active16 Sept 2025, 11:37 BST
- Procurement method changed16 Sept 2025, 11:37 BST
- Contract award notice published13 Jul 2026, 11:21 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete13 Jul 2026, 11:21 BST
- Contract signature expected24 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Sept 2026, 12:30 BSTUK7
- Procurement method changed7 Sept 2026, 12:30 BST
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-08: 1 release · 1 Aug 2025
- 2025-07: 1 release · 28 Jul 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conlon Construction LimitedSME24 Aug 2026 – 16 Jul 2027 | £18,035,037 | 2 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Hope School Relocation Main Works · Conlon Construction LimitedSME
- Signed
- 20 Aug 2026
- Value
- £18,035,037
- Period
- 7 Sept 2026 – 30 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: Programme · Social Value · Complaints
- Programme
- Social Value
- Complaints
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonConlon Construction LimitedSME · North West England
- did not winJohn Turner Construction Group LtdSME · North West England
- did not winRobertson Construction North West LimitedSME · North West England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Conlon Construction LimitedAwarded supplier
- John Turner Construction Group LtdBidder / tenderer
- Robertson Construction North West LimitedBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Associated tender documents are available via The Chest procurement portal.
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Documents at Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender will be provided via The Chest procurement portal at https://www.the-chest.org.uk to shortlisted bidders.
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender